I want to play video files in my desktop pc which having redhat linux enterprise 4

I have heard that WGA can allow microsft to kill your computer remotely.(they have nearly shutdown my roomates XP system until he did a automatic update.we did not allow this update for two week until the computer was extremly slow) Does microsoft have the technologies to disable someones linux box? I fear a EULA disallowing someone from runing linux on the same home network that WinXP is hooked up to. They already put a 5 computer limit on your network(winxp pro has a 10 computer limit).How can they get away with telling you how many computers you can run?I talked with a microsoft rep and she told me that each computer does not have to be running a windows product and that there is a 5 computer limit per license on a single network. So if I put up a new web server my room mate would have to buy a second licence even thought Im not using a windows os.

I have written a C code, which uses fread, fwrite,. I want to measure the performance like No_Of_Blocks read and written by the application. disk usage, memory usage etc. Is there any tool to measure the performance of an application in linux?

We have computer in our school which is linux open source, but in my home i have a microsoft based. I would like to know which is better to use and what is in demand.

I had suse Linux and vista home premium dual booted,but i decided that i didnt want to dual boot linux, so i went into hd management and deleted my linux partitions.Now i restarted my pc and it just says Grub Loading… boot error 115 or something. I also tried to install suse again to use my uncollated space but it had an error! WHAT DO I DO?!?Please Help out!

I am looking at installing Linux on my Powerbook G4, but I don’t know if I should.

Say once I install Linux…will I be able to use Leopard any more? Can I pick which OS I want to run when I boot up my computer?

If so any help will be appreciated because I am downloading the Linux ISO right now.

Trying to install Adobe flash player 10 on my Linux Asus Eee Pc
on the adobe website and there are four methods for downloading linux and none of them worked.
YUM repository-in the terminal I typed # rpm -Uvh <rpm_package_file> but nothing happened.

None of them worked, what should I do?

What must I do when I boot live DVD linux mandriva one 2006, and the pc displays the words-"localhost login"?
What can I do to start to work linux mandriva one 2006?

This is done from the Terminal Window.

i would like to know peoples view about linux and microsoft battel?

I’m on a desktop with an AMD Phenom Quad Core processor and I would like to dual boot Windows Vista and Linux Debian, I’m going to put it on my other drive (F) opposed to my main drive (C)

So can anyone give me the link to the Debian download link for AMD Phenom?

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ANSWER ME THIS TIME!?

I am currently running Windows XP and I am interested in upgrading to LINUX. Do I need to back up my hard drive?

I am looking for one application that can play any format of video and audio for my Fedora system. What application can do that?

I want to try a Linux based OS on my machine as dual boot system w/ Windows Vista. Found lots of info in net, tried Ubuntu Live CD (without install), however cannot decide which OS will be the best for me. I’m not experienced w/ Linux and just want to try open source soft. I researched all of these distributions http://www.linux.com/distributions/ Is out there something else I don’t know about? Also the question is which distribution will work the best on my machine which is HP Pavillion dv9420us, see http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/product_detail.do?storeName=computer_store&landing=computers&category=notebooks/dv9000z_series&subcat1=rts&catLevel=3&product_code=GA354UA%23ABA&tab=detailed_specs#defaultAnchor Thanks!
Can I try other OS without installing them (like Ubuntu)?

Currently I’m trying to install remote software into a linux platform and I’m planning to used Ultra VNC but i’m running a linux firewall. Will my machine reboot? I’m new to linux.

When I open redhat 9 for the first time after original installation runs a setup wizard that asks for certain things I cannot recall as of now, but my problem is:
I cannot use my keyboard and my mouse for whatever reason.

Is there anyway to fix this?

i heard they were makin a movie about it. but when does it come and if u have any other infomation please do tell! thanks

Here is the command and post how many you got.

rpm -qa | wc -l

Can someone prove this claim? Is there any proof? Show me!
I need to remove any offending code from my systems.

Preferably linux though because I just installed 64bit ubuntu and would like to try out some applications on it.

can you guys tell me if normal Mandriva linux is what comes preinstalled on a linux eeepc or is it a special version of Mandriva. if it is special version please could you give me the link to the install cd image
and will a eeepc that originally came with windows xp support Mandriva.

How do i connect to xbox live through linux mint os?
I had windows vista and it worked perfectly on that, i decided to change my os to linux and im having trouble connecting to live, i have a Ethernet cable connected to the pc from my 360, the pc has built-in wifi which is connected to a router. how do i set up linux to allow a connection from the 360.

I dont have a dvd drive at home, but has a dvd-rom drive in the office having cd write facility.